Tuesday, November 27, 2012

November 26th Travel to Granada


Today we caught the 9am train to Granada, it was cloudy with light rain in Madrid and stayed cloudy for the whole 4 hour trip but we were able to see a good bit of the countryside.  It’s very green and quite mountainous once you leave the high central plains, it’s also quite temperate.  When we got to Grenada I left my jacket at the hotel and only took a sweater for out afternoon walk in the old part of town.  This is a university town and there are students all over the old town since it abuts on the north side.  We walked through a series of small plazas and eventually found a place to eat lunch.   For only the second time I have to say that lunch was okay; with the only special about it being my first Spanish gazpacho.  It was the most garlicky soup I’ve eaten so far and was quite good.   The architecture in the old area is really quite interesting with much of it affiliated with the university.  Tomorrow is the Alhambra!

Medieval Islamic Caravanseri 

   University Building Entrance






 

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